Effect of painting psychology training assisted with antipsychotics on recovery effects of patients with schizophrenia during convalescence / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the effects of painting psychology training assisted with antipsychotics on recovery effects of patients with schizophrenia during convalescence.Methods:A total of 160 patients with schizophrenia in Kailuan Mental Health Center from September 2018 to August 2019 during convalescence were randomly divided into painting group and control group, with 80 cases in each group. The control group was treated with antipsychotics, and painting group was given painting psychology training assisted with antipsychotics. At 12 weeks of treatment, the changes of mental symptoms, cognitive function, and intelligence and behaviors were compared between the two groups.Results:After treatment, the positive and negative syndrome scale (PANSS) negative symptom score, general psychopathological symptom score and PANSS total score in painting group were significantly lower than those in control group ( P<0.05), and there was no significant difference in PANSS positive symptom score between the two groups ( P>0.05). The scores of number of persistent responses, number of persistent errors, number of completed classifications, number of correct responses, percentage of conceptual level responses of Wsiconsin card sorting test (WCST) scale were significantly better than those in control group ( P<0.05). The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score in painting group was significantly higher than that in control group ( P<0.05), and the scores of positive factors of personal cleanliness, social interest and social ability and negative factors of depression, delay, irritability and psychiatric performance of nurse observation scale for inpatient evaluation (NOISE-30) scale were significantly better than those in control group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Painting psychology training assisted with antipsychotics can significantly improve the negative symptoms of patients with schizophrenia during convalescence, enhance cognitive function, and promote the recovery of intelligence and behaviors of patients.